Related terms: ulcerative colitiscorneal ulcerdecubitus ulcerduodenal ulcerpeptic ulcerskin ulcer
Prebiotic and probiotic therapies are new strategies being used to treat gastrointestinal diseases. Recent evidence suggests that the administration of select prebiotics and probiotics, alone or in combination (the latter…
Biological therapies are being increasingly investigated for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. However, a great deal more study has been devoted to studies of Crohn’s disease rather than ulcerative…
Enteric microflora of ulcerative colitis patients becomes aberrant. The abnormal interaction between microflora and intestinal mucosal immune system leads the mucosal inflammation. Probiotic administration may recover the commensal microflora and…
Last year was not a banner year for developments in medical therapy for ulcerative colitis. In contrast to the expansion of therapies for Crohn disease, treatment for ulcerative colitis was…
Standard treatment for IBD with 5-ASA, steroids and immunosuppressants is rather effective and currently optimized using combinations of drugs or application routes. Among the biologics only infliximab has reached the…
This study is being conducted in patients who have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - a disease of the intestine. The purpose…
All of us have millions of bacteria living in our gut. These bacteria are very important to our health providing us with protection against infections of the gut, allowing us…
This is a double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled study to assess the beneficial effects of food supplementation with VSL#3 as a support to standard pharmaceutical therapy in patients affected by mild…
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